Tuesday, 10 March 2009

The puddle puzzle.

Me and my friend Tom were walking out of university a few weeks ago, it was raining and I saw a puddle. I asked him a very serious question and this is how it went......................

Adam: Tom, see that puddle. If there was a pound coin in the middle of it and you wanted it but to get it you could not use your hands feet or any part of your body for that matter to get it. What methods would you us to acquire it.

Tom: Well I would use my monkey feet.

Adam: I said you can not use any part of your body to get it.

Tom: hmmm.........well next time make your question and methods more clear and I will not make stupid mistakes like that.

Adam: OK mate, sorry about that.

Tom: What I would do is firstly acquire a rat, actually a mouse. Then I would give it 8 weeks of intensive training in the art of sailing and make him train in the gym 8 hours a day. Upon acquiring this new skill my mouse will then be given a Jacob's cream cracker.

Adam: Well yeah you wouldn't choose a cheaper make of cracker would you, could risk serious injuries.

Tom: Of course, Of course....After retrieving this he will then be briefed on the operation at hand and will be told that yes he will be given the cream cracker to be used as a raft in a rescue operation. At the briefing he will also be given a tooth pick and one olive. This will be used for an Orr. After this he will then be transported by helicopter and land approximately one and a half feet away from the designated puddle where the rescue operation will take place. My mouse will then proceed to the point of rescue on his cracker. Cant really say how this will turn out because on the day we cannot predict the weather conditions and the water could be choppy. After retrieving the pound coin the helicopter will then lift the mouse to safety because I predict by that time the cracker will be soggy.

Adam: Of course, good call mate.

Tom: NO ONE likes a soggy cracker.

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